“Premature.” “Too early to speculate.” And “if” were the key words used by some of Atwater’s more prominent possible replacements, who include House Speaker Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, Senate President Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, and House budget …

Democrat Alex Sink, the former chief financial officer of Florida who narrowly lost the 2010 governor’s race to Republican Rick Scott, announced this morning that she’ll run in a special congressional election to fill the …

On their 24th day of a sit-in outside Gov. Rick Scott’s Capitol office, the Dream Defenders seeking repeal of Florida’s “stand your ground” law said Thursday they have no plans to end their protest.

In fact, executive director Phillip Agnew said the organization is adding a new dimension to its effort to get state lawmakers to approve what they dub Trayvon’s Law, in honor slain teenager Trayvon Martin.

Republican-turned-independent-turned-Democratic former Gov. Charlie Crist would easily defeat Republican Gov. Rick Scott in a hypothetical 2014 general election race, a new survey by the Democratic firm Public Policy Polling says.

Crist would get 53 percent to 39 percent for Scott, according to a PPP survey of 501 Florida voters that has a 4.4 percent margin of error.

Crist left the GOP in 2010 to pursue a losing no-party Senate bid and …

The two announced candidates for Florida Democratic Party chairman — Hillsborough County Committeeman Alan Clendenin and Leon County Committeewoman Allison Tant — are rolling out big-name endorsements as the Jan. 26 election approaches.

Clendenin and Tant both announced key labor endorsements Tuesday, with Florida AFL-CIO President Mike Williams announcing his support for Clendenin while the Service Employees International Union declared its backing of Tant.